Suzanne Vega News

In celebration of International Women's Day, Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Rachael Sage has released the acoustic version of her longtime fan favorite “Sistersong” along with a fan-sourced video for her song “Spark” via Popmatters. Both songs appear on her forthcoming album PseudoMyopia, out March 22 via MPress Records/ILS/Universal.

The University of Washington has announced the complete roster of artists who have been selected as Creative Research Fellows as part of its first three-year Creative Fellowships Initiative. Funded by a $750,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the interdisciplinary initiative will advance the field of performing arts by supporting artists in the development of new works and by integrating the performing arts disciplines into a broader context academically, artistically, and socially.

With the sudden closing of the Cornelia Street Cafe Monologues and Madness has found a new home at Pangea. After 12 years in the West Village, this moveable feast shifts East.

Experimental, amazing, with a touch of humour, and at the highest international level. These characteristics define Operadagen Rotterdam's new programme. The opera and music-theatre festival presents more than 100 performances in major theatres and unexpected locations around the city, from 17 through 26 May 2019.

Chantal creates musical moments in which worlds unfold and characters evolve, telling stories about being human. Chantal's pianistic style could be likened to Tori Amos; her lyricism evokes Suzanne Vega; and her voice similar to that of Amy Lee from Evanescence. The flavour, however, is all Chantal…a solo act, a woman, singer, writer and pianist, walking her own path; musically colouring outside the lines and crafting her own soundscape.

On its tenth anniversary, New York City Mayor, Ed Koch, named the Cornelia Street Cafe 'a culinary as well as a cultural landmark.' Now that landmark will close its doors at 29 Cornelia Street for good on January 2, 2019. A year ago, The New York Times reported that the Cafe was in trouble, with a soaring rent threatening closure. An official reason for the shuttering has not been revealed, but according to DNAInfo, landlord Mark Scharfman is 'a frequent fixture on various 'Worst Landlord' lists.'

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announces the full company for the world premiere of Kenneth Lin's timely cautionary tale of capitalism run amok, Kleptocracy. Inspired by the power struggle between the richest of the Oligarchs and an ambitious Vladimir Putin after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Lin (House of Cards) explores U.S. - Russia relations then and now. Directed by Jackson Gay, and by special arrangement with Robert Ahrens, Mickey Liddell and Michael Mills, Kleptocracy runs January 18 - February 24, 2019 in the Kreeger Theater.

A songwriter's songwriter, Pierce Pettis is back with his first new studio album in nearly a decade with FATHER'S SON, out January 18 on Compass Records. You can listen to the opening track,'Wouldn't Change It For the World,' HERE. Featuring 10 tracks, including a cover of Jesse Winchester's “A Showman's Life,” the Alabama songwriter writes about friends he's lost, childhood memories, and the relationships he's experienced both as a son and a father on these deeply moving, literate songs. FATHER'S SON, reuniting Pettis with producer Garry West, was recorded “live on the floor, with the band, with minimal overdubs, to capture the energy and authenticity of Pierce's performances.”

Eve Marie, a singing prodigy who performed on such iconic national television programs as The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and the Mike Douglas Show as a young child and now is creating music industry buzz with a recent contemporary album, Believe, brings her extraordinary singing and songwriting talents to The Green Room 42 in New York City for a 7 p.m.concert today, Nov. 16.

Former Tonight Show Singer returns to NYC as your Broadway Bebe one night only for a show at The Green Room 42 Nov 16th @ 7pm!

One of contemporary music's most seminal singer/songwriters, Suzanne Vega, returns to Cafe Carlyle with Suzanne Vega Sings Her New York Songs at the Carlyle, March 5 - 16. Widely regarded as one of the most brilliant songwriters of her generation, Suzanne Vega emerged as a leading figure of the folk-music revival of the early 1980s when, accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, she sang what has been labeled contemporary folk or neo-folk songs of her own creation in Greenwich Village clubs.

The Alley Theatre announces the line-up for the 2019 Alley All New Festival, January 18 - January 27, 2019. The fourth annual Festival will feature a world premiere production, readings and workshop performances of five new plays, as well as an Early Draft Preview of a new musical. Festival playwrights include Robert Askins, Hilary Bettis, Glen Berger, Chisa Hutchinson, Claire Kiechel, Don Nguyen, and Lawrence Wright. Special packages are available for the final weekend of the Festival and include prime seating at all presentations, exclusive artist access, and meals between performances. Packages can be booked now at alleytheatre.org/allnew or by calling the Box Office at 713-220-5700. Advance reservations for individual events are recommended and can be made on November 26 at alleytheatre.org. All readings and workshop performances are free and open to the public.

Eve Marie Shahoian, Billboards 2011 'Outstanding Original Song' recipient, 2017 Grammy Consideration for album Believe, returns to NYC debuting a new solo cabaret show at The Green Room 42, Broadway Bebe!

Eve Marie, a singing prodigy who performed on such iconic national television programs as The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and the Mike Douglas Show as a young child and now is creating music industry buzz with a recent contemporary album, Believe, brings her extraordinary singing and songwriting talents to The Green Room 42 in New York City for a 7 p.m.concert on Friday, Nov. 16.

 Mark Wayne Glasmire's new CD, CAN'T BE DENIED, drops today. The award-winning singer/songwriter's latest 12-track offering, co-produced by Glasmire and John Albani (Steve Azar, Monty Holmes, Randy Boudreaux), can be purchased from Amazon and CD Baby.

The broad appeal of award-winning singer/songwriter Mark Wayne Glasmire CAN'T BE DENIED, and the proof is found in this upcoming 12-track collection, which drops October 12. Available for pre-order now at Amazon and CD Baby and co-produced by Glasmire and John Albani (Steve Azar, Monty Holmes, Randy Boudreaux), the album reflects Mark's evolution as a writer and spotlights the purity of his voice as well as his talent for creating melodic magic.

Former Tonight Show Singer returns to NYC as your Broadway Bebe one night only for a show at The Green Room 42 Nov 16th @ 7pm!

Dallas, TX-based indie-folk singer-songwriter Vanessa Peters is set to release her new album, Foxhole Prayers, on October 5, 2018, via Idol Records.  In Foxhole Prayers, Peters's already-considerable songwriting prowess has risen to its fullest stature, presented as a concise, gut-punching collection of songs composed of piercing observations of both the outside and inside worlds.

Chantal creates musical moments in which worlds unfold and characters evolve, telling stories about being human. Chantal's pianistic style could be likened to Tori Amos; her lyricism evokes Suzanne Vega; and her voice similar to that of Amy Lee from Evanescence. The flavour, however, is all Chantal…a solo act, a woman, singer, writer and pianist, walking her own path; musically colouring outside the lines and crafting her own soundscape.

The Carlyle announces the Cafe Carlyle's winter 2018 season, which features the return of audience favorites Isaac Mizrahi, John Lloyd Young, and Suzanne Vega.